Do not get me wrong. I liked this book but it was a little be a let down from the Fourth Wing. It just didn’t have to same punch as the first book in the series. I couldn’t put the Fourth Wing down but Iron Flame I felt at times dragged on. I felt like it spent too much time at Basigiath and then also too much at Riorson House training. They spent so much time preparing for the battles that by the time we get the battles they are over too soon. That being said. I still am very much enjoying the dynamic between Violet, Tairn and Andarna. Andarna is really the superstar of this book. Who doesn’t love a sassy teenage dragon?! I kinda felt that Violet and Xaden’s relationship took a couple of steps back. What I loved about their relationship in the first book is how much faith and support Xaden gave Violet. Xaden in the first half book, spent hovering and being overprotective. They eventually worked it out but the obsessiveness they both have for each other is borderline creepy. My struggles with this book withstanding, it still is an excellent series and I’m very much invested in it and will be waiting for the next book to come out.